My last Open and Shut

With 'Australasian Chess' about to be published for the final time, a couple of my regular columns are coming to an end. One that is finishing up is 'Open and Shut' which I have produced ever since the magazine started production. At a rough count there have been 59 columns, featuring games that finished in under 20 moves. The sources for the games were varied, but I did derive particular enjoyment from games where 2600+ players came a cropper.
The final selection of games came from this years European Club Championship, and it turned out I had a surfeit of riches. So much so I can present a game from the event that did not make it into print.


Drzasga,Michael (2019) - Alevizos,Athanasios [C30]
29th ECC Open 2013 Rhodes GRE (2.14), 21.10.2013

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. fxe5 Nd4 5. c3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Although this position has been reached in 4 games, the computer assessment overwhelmingly favours White. 6...  Qg5 A somewhat dramatic way of preventing d4 7. Bc4 f6 8. Na3 ( 8. h4 would also be good here. 8... Qh6 9. Kd1! ) 8...  Bxa3 9. d4 Qg6 10. bxa3 fxe5 11. O-O Nf6 12. dxe5 The game is now a rout. 12...  d5 13. exf6 dxc4 14. fxg7 Qxg7 15. Qh5+ Ke7 ( 15... Qg6 16. Qe5+ Be6 17. Qxh8+ ) 16. Bg5+ Kd6 17. Qd1+ 1-0